It's been 15 years since Louisiana executed a death row prisoner. Here's when the death penalty started in Louisiana and what ...

In 1956, the Legislature moved all executions to the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola, according to the prison's website. But in 1972, a U.S. Supreme Court ruling known as Gregg v.

Students in the Academy of Legal Studies at Northside High received a powerful lesson on Tuesday, February 18. They learned ...

California Gov. Gavin Newsom (D) plans to veto a bill that would prevent the state’s prison system from collaborating with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), his office told The Hill on ...

Just moments before leaving office, President Joe Biden commuted the life sentence of Indigenous activist Leonard Peltier, who was convicted in the 1975 killings of two FBI agents. Peltier was ...

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Opening remarks by President Cyril Ramaphosa on the occasion of the State Visit by H.E. Joao Lourenço, President of the Republic of Angola Your Excellency Joao Lourenço, President of the Republic of ...

The Wyoming Senate got a bill Wednesday that would ban public money going to support sexually explicit events and entertainment. The bill would also keep government buildings from hosting those events ...